I wanna make this post to go over what a journey this has been. A couple years back at this point, I was watching Joel play this game, which is how I came to discover it.  Having watched it, I enjoyed it, but I didn't think that much of it, other than it being a goofy simulator with aliens in it.  Fast forward to maybe a month ago at this point, I decided to make an Itch account and get some free games to occupy some time -- this game being one of them. I did not, however, play this game until a few weeks later. (I'm bad with time, so it could've been over the span of 2 months, and I finally played it sometime last month.)

I was incredibly wrong about the impressions I got from what I watched. Finally playing the game, I was immediately hooked. I started cleaning up my base, doing daily tasks, upgrading my tech and all of that stuff. I've always been a fan of simulators, but this game has been so much more than that somehow. It's a simulator, it's a horror game, it's silly, it's spooky. The game was unique; it was unlike any simulator I've played before. It could be comfy and spooky at the same time, and I just fell in love with it. Obviously, I got into the update before 0.7.0, but having gotten through the game before, 0.7.0 made things fresh again, and I dived right back in to experience what was new.

Within the span of around 2 weeks, I have put almost 100 hours into the game, and still find myself coming back. You'd think it would get old after a while, but I've been enjoying it so much, I keep coming back for more. It really has been a unique, enjoyable experience, and it's incredibly surprising that the dev puts this out there for free. As much as I know, it isn't easy making games, and all of their hard works comes to us for free, and that's insane to me, especially nowadays, when games feel like such a gamble on whether they're good or not.

Sorry for this long wall of a post, but sometimes, heart goes into the effort, and people tend to forget that sometimes. Not me, though. If I saw something like this as a dev, it would make my day, so hopefully, I can make someone else that happy, too. So, thank you for this game. I will continue to play, as I have, and will eagerly await to see where it goes in the future. Further, thank you anyone willing to read all of this -- I'm sure most might not think all of this is necessary, but I wanted this to be a friendly post, and pass my time by expressing my appreciation for this game, as it has given me so much so far.